Be Well Utah 2017 is right around the corner – the week of Aug. 19-26, 2017.

As part of this commitment, we have once again partnered with Regence BlueCross BlueShield to bring you Be Well Utah—a week-long celebration to wellness! You are invited to participate in our many wellness activities for all ages.

Then, join us at our Family Health Fair — our culminating event on Saturday, August 26, at Rice Eccles Stadium, where you can expect free health screenings, interactive wellness displays, on-field activities and a Kids’ Corner with healthy snacks.

For more information and a complete list of activities, please visit the Be Well Utah website.

Join us any time between 1-5 p.m. in the Book Arts Studio on the fourth floor of the Marriott Library. These Drop-in Sessions are informal opportunities to get your hands dirty and try some new techniques, ranging from alternative printing processes to paper decoration and much more.

Bring a friend to explore these accessible and creative approaches to art-making. Free to the public and no experience necessary. Participants must be 16 years and older.

UTAH WOMEN’S SOCCER GAME
Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017 | 11 a.m.Ute Field

Join us on Ute Field (located near the Marriott Honors Community) to cheer on the women’s soccer team against South Dakota State.

There will be a limited sale of McRay Magleby posters! Come on down and get them while you can.

Posters cost $1. In 2008 McRay (Mac) retired from his professorship at the U of U. Since 1987 Magleby has been teaching students how to be creative. He told them, “Being creative is risky; however, where the risks are great, the rewards are greater.”

Booker’s Dozen, a biennial, juried show of artists’ books from The Idaho Center for the Book travels to thirteen venues in schools, libraries, and exhibition spaces across Idaho and now into Utah! Jurors for the 2017 – 2018 exhibition are Rachel Lambert, Lawrence Shapiro, Ann Webb and Driek Zirinksky — all professionals in art, design, or literature.

The call for entries included this statement: Artists’ books may be one-of- a-kind objects or small editions, as long as they are self-published by a book artist (who may be a visual artist, a writer or simply a bibliophile who has taken their love of books into their own hands). Any combination of hand, mechanical and/or digital processes is acceptable.

HOOPLAZAThursday, Sept. 7, 2017 | 11 a.m.-2 p.m.Marriott Library

Come and join the fun

Free food

Lots of games

Library help and resources

Prizes and giveaways

Find out what how the library can help you with all U need.

TEDXSALTLAKECITY: A BRAVE NEW WORLD – WHAT WILL WE CREATE?Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017Kingsbury Hall

“Oh, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in‘t!” Taking inspiration from these words by Shakespeare, the theme for the 5th annual TEDxSaltLakeCity event is “A Brave New World.”

Join us on Sept. 9 for a captivating, mind-expanding day of speakers and performers, as we explore a future of possibilities and what brave new world we might create right here in Salt Lake City.

Regular tickets include lunch that will be provided by 8-10 food trucks, but the $5 student ticket does not. However, students can opt to pay $15 and that will include lunch. You will not be able to use cash to buy food from the trucks.

What if the blood-thirsty plunderers you once thought you knew, were really just misunderstood explorers, farmers and traders?

Come explore Vikings to discover the truth about the Vikings age and dispel long-held stereotypes about its people, traditions and influence. Find yourself captivated by more than 400 authentic artifacts- some never before seen outside Scandinavia — including jewelry, funeral urns, weapons, game pieces, clothing and even a piece of 1,000-year-old Viking bread.

When you visit Vikings at Natural History Museum of Utah you will:

Imagine a Viking voyage as you marvel a full-scale replica of a Viking ship

Play a digital version of a popular Viking strategy game that pre-dates chess

Test the balance between the blade and handle of a replica Viking sword